The emotion thesaurus : a writer's guide to character expression /
Writer's guide to character expression
Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
- Lexington, KY : The authors, 2012
- 164 pages : 26 cm
Introduction -- The power of emotion -- Character research: what to know to write authentic emotion -- Using dialogue to write emotion -- Subtext: what lies beneath -- Additional ideas for brainstorming fresh emotion -- Common problems with writing nonverbal emotion -- Using the emotion thesaurus -- The emotion thesaurus -- Recommended reading -- Praise for these writers helping writers resources -- emotion amplifiers -- One stop for writers.
Each of the 75 emotion entries list a definition, physical signals, internal sensations, mental responses, cues of acute or long-term emotion, escalation to a next level, cues of suppressed emotion, and a writer's tip.